JP2022177602A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (17)

A connector having an outer housing and a wire cover assembled to the outer housing,
A connector having a first press-fit engagement portion and a second press-fit engagement portion that engage the outer housing and the wire cover with each other by clamping, wherein a first clamping direction at the first press-fit engagement portion and a second clamping direction at the second press-fit engagement portion intersect with each other. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first clamping direction and the second clamping direction are perpendicular to each other. The connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the first press-fit engagement portion, the wire cover has a press-fit protrusion on a side wall, while the outer housing has a press-fit groove provided in a raised portion on the upper surface, and the press-fit protrusion and the press-fit groove engage with each other. The connector according to claim 3, wherein the raised portion is provided on the periphery of the upper surface along the longitudinal direction of the outer housing. The connector according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the press-fit groove is a tapered groove. The connector of claim 5, wherein the tapered groove gradually narrows in the longitudinal direction of the connector. The connector according to any one of claims 3 to 6, wherein the side wall is an inner wall of the wire cover. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the outer housing has a protrusion on an upper surface thereof in the second press-fitting engagement portion, and the side wall of the wire cover and a side surface of the protrusion engage with each other. The connector according to claim 8, wherein the side surface of the protrusion is a tapered surface. The connector according to claim 9, wherein the tapered surface is gradually inclined in the longitudinal direction of the connector. A connector as described in any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein in the outer housing assembled with the wire cover, the protrusion is positioned on one of the outer side and the inner side of the side wall of the wire cover, and the raised portion is positioned on the other of the outer side and the inner side of the side wall . The side wall of the wire cover has a relatively thick portion and a relatively thin portion,
The connector according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the thick portion and the thin portion are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the connector. The wire cover and the outer housing are assembled by sliding the wire cover and the outer housing relative to each other,
The connector according to claim 12 , wherein the sliding movement causes both the engagement between the press-fit projection and the press-fit groove and the engagement between the thick portion and a side surface of the protruding portion. The wire cover has a positioning protrusion on the side wall, while the outer housing has a positioning protrusion on the raised portion,
The connector according to claim 13 , wherein the positioning projection and the positioned projection fit together when the wire cover and the outer housing are combined. A connector as described in any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the first press-fit engagement portion and the second press-fit engagement portion are adjacent to each other. The connector according to claim 15, wherein there are four pairs of adjacent first and second press-fit engagement portions, and the four pairs are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other in a plan view. A connector as described in any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the outer housing has higher rigidity than the wire cover.